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' PLTENTED APR. 1907.

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BALlNG-FRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 9, 1907.

Original application iled June 24,1905,Srial No. 266,895. Divided and this application tiled Ie'bruary 26,1906. Serial No. 303,050.

To @ZZ whom t 1v1/ty concern:

Beit known that I, J ULIUs A. SPENCER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dwight, in the county of Livingston and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ealing-Presses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in presses for baling hay, straw, cotton, and the like, to reduce the same to a form and size convenient for economical storage or shipment, and pertains more particularly to an improved device for guiding the wires by which the bale is tied,

My invention is applicable to that class or type of presses employing a closed chamber in which the material is forced and compressed through the action of a reciprocating plunger, and comprises, essentially, a wireguide secured externally to the slotted side of the chamber and comprising a curved Wire guiding and directing strip having its ends terminating at the end of the slot, with top and bottom plates secured to the upper and under sides of said strip and extending to the side wall of the chamber, with a hand-hole in one of said plates permitting access to clear out any hay or straw that may get into the giude or to adjust the position of the wire therein in case it should be necessary.

A practical embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a horizontal section of a balingchamber and plunger, showing my improved wire-guide in plan view as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view through a part of Fig. 1 on the line 2 2 of the latter iigure, and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the baling-chamber and plunger on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, 10 designates the fixed side wall, 11 the usual door on the opposite side, 12 the iixed end wall, 13 the bottom Wall, and 14 the movable top wall, of a baling-presshamber, and 15 designates the usual compressin -p1unger, constituting, in effect, the movabI opposite end wall of the chamber. v formed therein one or more internal wireguide grooves 16, and the inner face of the plunger 15 is provided with similar grooves The fixed end wall 12 hasv Rigidly secured to the rear side wall of the baling-chamber in the horizontal planes of the slots 18 are a pair of wire-guides, these latter in the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3 each comprising -a narrow curved guide strip proper, 19, conveniefitly secured to the side Wall of the chamber by outwardly-bent ends 20, receiving bolts or rivets, (indicated at 21,) and top and bottom plates 22 and 23, respectively, secured to said guide-strips, as by bolts rivets, or screws, (indicated at 24,) these plates preferably extending from the guidestrip to the side wall of the chamber, and thus creating a wholly-inclosed wire-guiding space and preventing accidental displacement ofthe end of the wire during its application to the bale. Either the upper or lower plate is provided with a hand-hole (indicated at 25) provided with a suitable closure 26 to permit access to the interior of the oruide for clearing out hay, straw, lor the like tliat may work thereinto or for adjusting the end of the wire in case it should become bent or displaced and fail to register accurately with the end ofthe guide-groove ofthe pl nger.

The operation is evident from the description and illustration. The wire is introduced from the door side of the press through the lgroove 16 or 17, usually the former, and on being pushed through its a/dvance end is guided by the concave curved side of the strip 19, bein(T confined by the upper and lower plates ors rips until it reaches the rear or back end of the groove in the opposite end of the chamber, through which it passes under continued thrust upon the wire until it projects on the door side, whereupon it is seized and pulled through for some distance, the wire being,

then bodily drawn toward the bale and the ends thereof twisted together or otherwise fastened, the back side of the wire engaging the bale through the groove 18.

It will be understood that the particular form or contour of the uide'is not material to the invention, since t e curve of the outer guiding edge may be varied as desired or as required by the character or flexibility of the Wire employed as a baling-tie.

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This application constitutes a division of i tom plates Secured to the upper and under an application filed by me on the 24th day of l sides of the latter and extending to the side June, 1.905, Serial No. 266,895. Wall of ythe baling-chamber, one of said plates I cla1m being provided with a hand hole, substan- 5 In a 1Daling-press, the combination With a tially as described.

baling-ehamher having a slotted side, of a JULIUS A. SPENCER 'Wire-guide secured externally to said slotted side and comprising a curved Wire guiding Witnesses:

and directing strip the ends of which termi l SAMUEL N. POND, Io nate at the ends of the slot, and top and bot- VINTON S. WRIGHT. 

